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Private equity dodges credit knockout

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... feet to "float like a butterfly". Private equity's (PE) bruises from the global liquidity squeeze were evident in the financing difficulties of previously announced leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and where new LBO announcements threw in the towel completely. ...

Both feet firmly on the high wire

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... expansion," the report said. Banks found themselves dead centre of a credit squeeze with a significant amount of the financing of recent years that occurred through capital markets had to be hauled back onto their own balance sheets. "It is, however ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... dividend by 50 per cent, and biggest lender Countrywide Financial Corp said it had obtained $12 billion of additional financing. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 133.23 points, or one per cent, to 13,424.88. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lifted ...

Russell wins $3bn ACT Treasury mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... opportunity to work with the ACT Treasury to help secure the best results for its investment assets." ACT Treasury's central financing unit manager, Pat McAuliffe, said Russell's access to global capital market and investment manager research resources ...

Opes Prime challenges Macq

... whistles than you can poke a stick at. For example, the Opes Prime Wealth Platform offers securities lending and equities financing for both Australian and global equities, and a service facilitating the exercise of employee share options. Unlike Macquarie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... $300 billion in value, blamed on weak housing market figures and the worsening situation surrounding corporate buyout financing. It was the worst day for the S&P since February 27. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 311.50 points or 2.26 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... helped to bolster energy shares and there were upbeat results from companies like Boeing Co, which made up for merger financing worries in the market. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 68.12 points or 0.50 per cent to end at 13,785.07. The Standard ...

CFS ploughs $280m in Myer property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... development," Gorman said. It seems CFS's initial project share will be debt funded, most likely in the form of hybrid security financing, with gearing to between 25 and 30 per cent. Under the agreement, Myer has agreed to a 21-year lease with four ...

No bank is ready for AML

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... gaming sector is well ahead of financial institutions in adapting to the new anti money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws according to a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in March. The survey also revealed that 90 percent of Australian ...

Allco opens door to Malaysia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... operates through three channels in Malaysia - its investment banking arm CIMB, consumer banking CIMB Bank and Islamic financing provider CIMB Islamic. CIMB has 20,000 staff spread across 12 countries and a market capitalisation of A$14.5 billion.